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. TROLLEY FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.

No. 469,899. yPatented Mar. 1, 1892.

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w. Hi MQRGAN.. 'TROLLEY POR ELECTRI'URAILWAYS.

No.- 469,899. Patented Mar. l, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICT.

VILLIAM H. MORGAN, OF ALLIANCE,"v OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO THOMAS R. MORGAN, SR., THOMAS R. MORGAN, JR., AND JOHN R. MORGAN, OF SAME PLACE. v

TROLLEY FOR i ELECTRIC RAI LWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,899, dated March 1, 1892.

Application letl June 24, 1891. Serial No. 397,353. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom `it may concern.; being preferably grooved or guttered on their Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MORGAN, inner faces to receive the contact-shoes B B. of Alliance, in the county of Stark and State The ends bare also slotted,as shown at @,Fig. of Ohio, have invented certain new and use- 2, from their upper ends to near their lower 5 ful ImprovementsinTrolleys; and I do hereends for the passage of the line-wire D. 5 5 by declare the following to beafull, clear, and The trolley or contacts can be rigidlyv or exact description of the invention, such as yieldingly secured to the traveling crane, or will enable others skilled in the art to which to an attachment or projection carried by the it appertains to make and use the same. crane, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and is situio My invention relates to trolleys for electric ated in a plane slightly higher than the line 6o railways, and more particularly to improvewire or conductor, so that the latter is lifted ments in trolleys designed for use in connecoff the insulated supports by the trolley as tion with overhead electric'traveling cranes, the latter moves from one end of its travel the object of the invention being to provide toward the opposite end. After the trolley 15 means whereby the wearing parts of the trolpasses the insulated support the wire settles 65 ley or traveler can be readily and quickly redown onto the supports, where it remains unlnoved and replaced when worn;` and it contil again lifted by the trolley. Vhile theiusists in the parts and combinations of parts,4 sulated supports are not essential they are as will be more fully described, and pointed desirable, as they not only take considerable zo out in the claims. strain off the wire,but they also by taking up 7o The trolleys or travelers ordinarily used for -the sag of the wire prevent the same from taking the current from the line-wire consist swinging and coming in contact. with adjaof an upwardly-pressed roller or shoe carried cent metallic parts. on the upper end of a pole and designed to I make no claim in this application to the 25 bear against the under side of the Wire. Other insulators and the manner of supporting the 75 forms consisting, essentially,of a seriesof horiline wire or conductor, as the same forms the zontal wheels held in a yielding frame and subject-matter of my application, Serial No. making contact with the sides of the line-wire 397,354, iled J une 24, 1891. have also been used. All of these forms are, The contact-shoesB B are preferably made 3o however, designed to be used in connection of carbon or of a composition in which carbon 8o with a line wire or conductor rigidly secured is in excess. Other electrical conducting maat intervals to insulated supportsv and conteria'ls, however, would answer all purposes. structed to freely pass said supports. My de- These shoes are preferably rectangular, as v vice diifers from these in that it is designed shown, and iit within the grooves or gutters 3 5 particularly for use in connection with a line formed in the sides and bottom of the frame A, 8 5 wire or conductor which is unsupported beand are held in place by the upper removable tween its ends, or at least not secured at regupart e of the frame A. This plate e is preflar intervals to insulated supports. Itis preferably recessed on its under side to iit over erably supported at regular intervals on sup. the top of the upper shoe B; but Ait will be seen 4o ports, but is not secured thereto, and is free at a glance that the recessing of the upper 9o to be elevated above said supports by the trolplate is not essential, as it will perform its ley as the latter travels back and forth. function of yieldingly holding the top shoe B In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis against the wire d if not recessed. The ends a View in side elevation of my improved trolof this plate e rest in the grooves on the inner 45 ley. Fig. 2 is an end view of same. Fig. 3 is faces of the ends b of the frame, and hence is 95 a plan view. Fig. 4 is a view in end elevaprevented from lateral displacement, and is tion, and Fig. 5 is a side view showing the provided on its opposite ends with the lateral trolley carried by a traveling crane. projection f, which latter 'are provided on A represents a metal frame consisting of a their upper sides with curved recesses for the 5o bottom a and ends b, the said bottom and ends reception of the bars g, carried by the springs 10o b', the lower ends ofwhich. are secured to the bottom a of frameA. Thus itvwill be seen that the upper shoe is yieldingly heldin place by the springs b', which latter not only operate to retain the movable top in contact with shoe B', but also operate to take up or .com.

v pensate for the wear on both contact-shoes.

and shoes.` B B .free to beremoved. After 20.

they have been .removed orrepaired theycan againbe locked .in yplace, by...simplyplacing` the top plate imposition and loekingi-t bythe springs. l `It .is evidentthat numerous lslight changes intheconstruction of `the several-.parts might be. resorted -to.\vitl1ol1t departing, vfrom .the

. spiritof. my. inven tion. Hence Iwouldhave it understoodthat I- kdo .not confine.lnyselbto the exact construction shownanddescribed,

but consider myself. atlibertymo makesuch changes and` alterationsas fairly fallmwithin thespiritand scope of4 my invention.

V I-Iavingfully described my inventionrwhat I claim,.and desire to secure .byLetters Pat# ent, is-

1.. A frame carrying two contactfshoesne of.. which .is .removablysecured in placepby a sp1-in g-pressed plate, substantially-as setforth.

2. A frame carrying tWoWearing-shoesengaging the-wire on opposite sides, one of said shoes. beingheld in place and in contact with the wire by a spring-pressed plate.

3. A trolley consisting, essentially,of aframe and two shoes, each shoe having a straight `iiat edgefor,y engaging. .the-wire, one of1 said shoes being rigidly Vsupported and 'the other yieldinglyvheld in-co11tact :with -the line-conductor byspring-pressure, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination,.witl1 a frame carrying a wearingshoe, ofa movable wearing-shoe and a spring-pressed plate for holding the latter in place.

5. The combination,with a frame carrying a.Wearing-shoe;'ofI a movable wearing-shoe, a movable plate bearing against one edge thereof, and sprin-gstforholding;therp1ate.in contactfwithithe shoe.

`6. ,Cil-netcombinationywith a; rframei=.havin g slotted -enls,.h oliy two-f.wearingshoes,located ...withimsaid frame. and'epgagingtthei yWire on opposite sides, one ogsaid'shoes .beingfheld in -place and.` in -contacttvvit-h therwire by a springpressed plate.

7. Thecombinatielnfwith ai .framehaving :slotted-ends. and the L: -`two 4.can'loon 'Wearing- .'shoes, vof rthe removable platefomningone side of ,the `frame, the barsfengagingprojections on.thememoyablelplate, and isprings `attached to,the bars, substantially. asisetfforth.

. .In ltestimony .w-hereof. I diaves-igned this `specification in thepresence of .two subscrib- .ing Witnesses.

` WILLIAM"- l'IIx MORGAN.

Witnesses:

T.i It.` MORGAN,.Sr., t FRANILE. DUSSEL. 

